Rhiannon's comments (member since Jan 06, 2009)

Rhiannon's comments from the Zombies! group.

I own these. In fact, I'm wearing them at work right now!! They're surprisingly comfy.

Well, I would like to suggest my zombie novel As The World Dies: The First Days. The fans of the book really enjoy it and I continue to get good feedback on it. The story takes place in Texas and I think it kicks some major zombie ass. But, of course, I wrote it, so I love it.

You can "look inside" the novel on amazon.com and read some of the reviews here http://www.amazon.com/As-World-Dies-Zomb...

I also have a free zombie novella in first draft form up on Scribd. http://www.scribd.com/doc/2909104/As-The... It ties into the As The World Dies Trilogy, but can easily stand alone.

I hope you enjoy!

Erfman wrote: "I think the whole super-human zombie crap is bullshit. I had to laugh when the fat lady in DotD(2004) rocketed off the bed to attack people. Her muscles and coordination should not be superior to..."

In my novel, As The World Dies: The First Days, the survivors witness a zombie ripping another one apart trying to get to them. It just made sense to me that zombies would damage themselves and each other in their quest for flesh.

Like I said, my zombies start out fast, but slow down over time.

The superhuman, intelligent zombies don't sit well with me at all.

In my novel, zombies start out fast, but soon end up slow due to decay and wear and tear. Since they don't feel pain, the dead are very good at battering themselves into shambling zombies. I'm a huge fan of George Romero, so I have a great love for the slow, relentless dead.

I'm not really keen on the new breed of "zombies" and their various talents. I'm not sure they should even be called zombies. I'll admit that I get turned off if I find out the zombies in a book are doing something other than shambling around and eating.

But, again, this is just me. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned.

--Rhiannon Frater